San Bruno Mountain Aerial
View north over San Bruno Mountain toward San Francisco.
Outside SFOriginal Print
Contains 7862 photos
View from Twin Peaks
Telephoto view from Twin Peaks across Mission District south of Market and SF Bay, filled with navy ships. Mission High School at center, Seal Stadium and National Guard Armory. [Fleet's in]
Clarendon Heights
Baker Beach
View south toward Sea Cliff from Baker Beach (also Bakers Beach). Two women and two children at the beach. [News photo, Sea-Cliff Dwellers, Many San Franciscans have the Golden Gate for their back yard or a sandy beach instead of a lawn. California News Photo]
Seacliff
Nob Hill
Elevated view southeast from the Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) toward Nob Hill summit. Huntington Park, Pacific-Union Club (Flood Mansion), Fairmont Hotel at center. Brocklebank Apartments, Park Lane Apartments (after 1929 addition of 3 stories, Eugene Fritz, Jr. architect), William Sproule Mansion (1907-1967) northeast corner Sproule Lane and Sacramento St. on left. Mark Hopkins Hotel, Shell Building under construction in the distance. Russ Building, 450 Sutter at right. Hunter-Dulin Building (1927) in distance center. to right of center, Morsehead Apartments, 1001 California, on the southwest corner of California and Mason, Hotel Huntington. Grace Cathedral grounds and rectory at lower right. [12848]
Nob Hill
Cliff House
View southwest on Point Lobos Avenue, cars parked in front of the Cliff House.
Sutro Heights
Pierce & Green
View northwest to Pierce between Green and Union, with Presidio, Fort Point, Marin Headlands, tidal slough and Golden Gate in Background, from Fillmore Street. Large corner mansion with gardens front and back was built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Four story windmill and water tank on Union. Chapel at left was built in 1887 with funds provided by Stephen S. Smith, deacon of the Plymouth Congregational Church and publisher of the Pacific. In 1895, it became the Pierce Street Congregational Church. Front fence of landmark Casebolt mansion at lower left. Same image as wnp37.00223, different cropping. [367 A View of the Golden Gate from Fillmore Street]
Pacific Heights
McAllister & Leavenworth
View northwest from Odd Fellows' Hall at 7th and Market. Hall of Records on left, intersection of McAllister and Leavenworth at bottom right, St. Mary's Cathedral in background. [Looking Toward St. Mary Cathedral from Odd Fellows' Hall]
South of Market
Market near Mason
View east towards St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel, Chronicle Building, The Matinee Millinery, Jno. Steinbach Jeweler 1016 Market, (Ernest) Essman Dry Goods, 1022 Market. Painted pole for C. Curtin dry goods at right, 911-915 Market. Two story building erected on lot at far left by July, 1895. Same image as wnp37.00194 with slightly different cropping.
South of Market
Presidio Main Post
SF Junior Traffic Patrol Picnic hosted by the 30th Infantry and Quartermaster Corp School for Bakers and Cooks '3000 came - ate Army chow - and cheered!' (SCA-41-1694)(Signal Corps, US Army public relations photo)
Presidio
Post & Market
Elevated view northwest to Crocker (First National) Bank Building, built 1908 - Willis Polk architect, NW corner of Post and Montgomery. (the upper 11 floors were removed in 1982 and Crocker Galleria shopping center built to its immediate left on the former alley, Lick Place.) Buildings to the right (Union Trust) and left (Crocker) in this view have also been demolished.
Financial District
Sutro Tower Construction
Aerial view west toward Sutro Tower under construction, replacing smaller tower at left. Sutro Mansion ("Sutro's Castle") between old and new towers. Mt. Sutro, Forest Knolls, Golden Gate Heights, Golden Gate Park and the Sunset District in the background.
Clarendon Heights
View from Coit Tower
View north toward SF Bay, Alcatraz and Fisherman's Wharf from Coit Tower while under construction, showing scaffolding.
Telegraph Hill
Aquatic Park
The derelict riverboat 'Fort Sutter' beached at east end of Aquatic Park. Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill in the background. View from the Municipal Pier. Entrepreneur Barney Gould purchased the old riverboat and brought it to Aquatic Park in February 1953 with hopes to convert it into a showboat. It was beached at the east end of Aquatic Park near the rowing clubs. The boat was later moved to west end of beach where it burned on May 1, 1959.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Pacific Fleet
Aerial view west over SF Bay as the Pacific Fleet enters the bay to celebrate the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge ( Associated Press)
Fulton & 5th Ave
View east on Fulton from 5th Avenue. Geary cable car being pulled onto 5th Avenue from Fulton by horse. This was standard procedure at the time, the horse was used to pull the car around the corner until it could grip the cable 5th Avenue. This is the last Geary Street cable car before electrification. St. Ignatius Church, at Fulton and Parker, under construction in the background. (the print has two India ink drawings on top of the car)
Golden Gate Park